Manchester City's wrongdoing hurts Liverpool most of all. Nothing can truly compensate them

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner revisited the emotional fallout of 2019’s Champions League night in Madrid, when Jurgen Klopp’s side won its sixth European crown. Werner said the Premier League’s and UEFA-style financial fair play (FFP) investigations into alleged City breaches, confirmed four months earlier, reignited doubts about whether enforcement has been fair. He argued Liverpool supports FFP because it should make sport and on-pitch performance more competitive, and that infringements should bring punishments. Werner acknowledged tensions, referencing FSG’s prior public questions over Manchester City’s £400 million Etihad sponsorship. The broader issue is Liverpool’s perceived lack of a level playing field at England’s top level.